Cam showed us how to use the app, Book Creator, on the mini iPads that we shared and Bernard guided us around this new (but permanent) exhibition. Along the way, we took photos and interviewed each other with a variety of materials that explained the early history of a land we know as Australia.

What
was good about using iPads and Book Creator at the Museum?

It’s
like writing facts down, but it stays as a movie on the iPad – Cooper

Mini
iPads are good because it’s like making a movie and learning new things –
Sienna

Mini
iPads are good to use because you don’t have to video and you won’t lose what
you created – Natasha

It
was good because you could do voice messages and take photos. It was a good
place because there was a man talking and lots of good things to take photos
of. It was good because we haven’t used mini iPads before and they trusted us
not to break them – Jenny

I
think Book Creator is good because you don’t just take photos of things, you
describe them – Jake

It
wasn’t just getting to learn about the museum, but we also got to learn about
using iPad minis and Book Creator

This
was a good learning opportunity for Middle S – Jacob

We
were learning when Bernard was telling us information and we were learning
about Aboriginal History – Natalia

We
got to learn a new app which is good because we got to explore more and have
more fun – Molly

It
made it easier because I didn’t have to write – Riley

I
liked the Book Creator because we were having fun, but at the same time we were
practising photography – Jamie

It
was good to use the app because it was easier to take pics of what we were
learning, instead of writing it down – Adol

Friday, 18 July 2014

After watching this video about the First Australians, these are some of our initial questions and discoveries about Australian History...

Why did the English Dance with the Aborigines? - Molly
A family got murdered for stealing a bag of potato. Did the Aboriginals use horses for trasnport? - Aerodyne
Why did the Aborigines cry and shout because Bennelong left? -Natalia
When the world was made was every country joined? - Jamie
The Aboriginals said ''take off your clothes'' to whoever came and was wearing clothes, because they didn't know if they were a boy or a girl - Jake
How many ships went to Australia? - Lachlan
I wonder what Sydney Cove looked like then - Cooper
How did Captain Cook know where Australia was? - Angelo
Who had the biggest impact in Australian history? - Riley
How was small pox introduced? - Ryan
How did Indigenous Australians live? - James
Why did Bennelong survive small pox and how? - Adol
Why were the Aborigines turned into stone? - Sienna
What was Australia like before the Englishmen discovered Australia? - Oscar
Why did the Englishmen execute the Aborigines? - Jacob
How many Aborigines got killed by the Englishmen and why did they go there? - Jenny
How did the Aborigines get small pox?- Jack
Why did the Englishmen call Australia, "Australia"? - Natasha

Did you know about these events? Can you answer any of our questions? We'd love to hear from you!